Chile: Regions and Urban Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Regions

The population of the regions of Chile according to census results and latest official estimates and projections.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1982-04-22	Population Census (C) 1992-04-22	Population Census (C) 2002-04-24	Population Census (Cp) 2017-04-19
Chile	CHL	Rep	Santiago / Valparaíso	756,096	11,323,160	13,265,563	15,051,136	17,373,831
Antofagasta	II	Reg	Antofagasta	126,049	341,436	408,874	481,931	599,335	12604900
Arica y Parinacota	XV	Reg	Arica	16,873	152,406	172,669	188,463	224,548	1687300
Atacama	III	Reg	Copiapó	75,176	184,129	229,154	253,205	285,363	7517600
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (Aisén)	XI	Reg	Coyhaique	108,494	66,292	78,666	89,986	102,317	10849400
Biobío (Bío Bío)	VIII	Reg	Concepción	37,063	1,517,226	1,729,209	1,859,546	2,018,803	3706300
Coquimbo	IV	Reg	La Serena	40,580	420,113	501,795	603,133	742,178	4058000
La Araucanía	IX	Reg	Temuco	31,842	698,706	777,788	867,351	938,626	3184200
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	VI	Reg	Rancagua	16,387	585,208	690,751	775,883	908,545	1638700
Los Lagos	X	Reg	Puerto Montt	48,584	541,980	616,682	712,039	823,204	4858400
Los Ríos	XIV	Reg	Valdivia	18,430	307,052	328,479	354,271	380,181	1843000
Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena	XII	Reg	Punta Arenas	132,297	130,899	141,818	147,533	165,593	13229700
Maule	VII	Reg	Talca	30,296	728,942	832,447	905,401	1,033,197	3029600
Región Metropolitana de Santiago	RM	Reg	Santiago	15,403	4,316,113	5,220,732	6,045,532	7,036,792	1540300
Tarapacá	I	Reg	Iquique	42,226	122,729	163,404	236,021	324,930	4222600
Valparaíso	V	Reg	Valparaíso	16,396	1,209,929	1,373,095	1,530,841	1,790,219	1639600

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas INE (web).

Major Urban Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	Population Calculation (UE-P) 2016-07-01
1	Santiago	RM	6,562,300
2	Valparaíso	V	969,500
3	Concepción	VIII	796,700
4	La Serena	IV	417,500
5	Antofagasta	II	378,500
6	Temuco	IX	319,200
7	Rancagua	VI	278,000
8	Arica	XV	227,400
9	Talca	VII	222,500
10	Puerto Montt	X	218,400

Contents: Urban Agglomerations & Cities

The population of all Chilean urban agglomerations and isolated cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest estimates and projections.

The tabulated urban agglomerations follow the definition of »conurbaciónes« by the 2002 census.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1992-04-22	Population Census (Cf) 2002-04-24	Population Calculation (UE-E) 2012-07-01	Population Calculation (UE-P) 2016-07-01	Area
Alto Hospicio	City	I	5,520	50,190	96,000	120,200	1745	→
Ancud	City	X	23,148	27,292	29,900	30,300	882	→
Angol	City	IX	39,151	43,801	49,100	50,100	1494	→
Antofagasta	City	II	225,316	285,255	355,300	378,500	4354	→
Arica	City	XV	161,333	175,441	212,000	227,400	4189	→
Batuco	City	RM	7,386	11,406	20,900	26,200	303	→
Buin (Buín)	City	RM	33,059	40,091	50,200	53,900	1461	→
Calama	City	II	106,970	126,135	154,700	164,800	1821	→
Cañete	City	VIII	15,642	19,839	21,400	21,600	899	→
Castro	City	X	20,634	29,148	35,100	36,300	784	→
Cauquenes	City	VII	27,405	30,771	30,900	30,200	1340	→
Chillán	Aggl	VIII	145,759	165,528	186,400	191,900	3341	→
Colina	City	RM	37,156	58,769	85,000	96,100	1446	→
Concepción	Aggl	VIII	610,380	666,381	766,100	796,700	5595	→
Constitución	City	VII	28,748	33,914	36,900	37,300	868	→
Copiapó	City	III	98,188	125,983	158,300	171,000	4777	→
Coronel	City	VIII	79,677	91,469	106,800	111,400	2452	→
Coyhaique (Coihaique)	City	XI	36,376	44,850	53,100	55,400	1827	→
Curacaví	City	RM	11,866	15,645	18,600	19,500	0	→
Curanilahue	City	VIII	30,978	30,126	32,600	33,000	546	→
Curicó	City	VII	77,733	93,447	109,500	113,800	2050	→
El Monte	City	RM	17,843	22,284	28,200	30,500	1416	→
El Quisco	Aggl	V	11,812	18,581	24,500	26,400	1602	→
Graneros	City	VI	17,765	21,615	27,100	28,700	361	→
Illapel	City	IV	18,868	21,826	23,400	23,600	739	→
Iquique	City	I	145,139	164,396	188,100	194,900	2212	→
La Laja	Aggl	VIII	20,909	19,537	20,700	20,700	677	→
Lampa	City	RM	6,618	12,319	22,600	28,300	563	→
La Serena	Aggl	IV	220,172	296,253	383,000	417,500	6559	→
La Unión	City	XIV	23,265	25,615	28,300	28,800	1003	→
Lautaro	City	IX	14,898	18,808	21,100	21,700	580	→
Lebu	City	VIII	19,877	20,838	22,000	22,200	492	→
Limache (San Francisco de Limache)	Aggl	V	38,295	45,327	51,400	52,900	1863	→
Linares	City	VII	59,658	65,133	70,600	71,200	1616	→
Los Andes	City	V	44,470	55,608	62,700	64,100	1659	→
Los Ángeles	City	VIII	94,716	117,972	134,800	139,300	2735	→
Lota	City	VIII	50,123	48,975	48,200	47,100	963	→
Melipilla	City	RM	45,722	53,522	64,000	67,400	1063	→
Molina	City	VII	17,301	27,203	29,800	30,200	850	→
Mulchén	City	VIII	19,610	21,819	22,900	22,900	449	→
Nacimiento	City	VIII	19,007	20,884	22,600	22,900	1088	→
Osorno	City	X	114,239	132,245	142,900	143,700	3182	→
Ovalle	City	IV	53,515	66,405	78,300	82,300	1146	→
Paine	City	RM	12,880	19,620	25,000	27,000	601	→
Parral	City	VII	24,416	26,397	27,300	27,000	785	→
Peñaflor	City	RM	46,711	63,209	80,500	87,100	1556	→
Puerto Aysén (Puerto Aisén)	City	XI	12,762	16,936	20,400	21,400	0	→
Puerto Montt	City	X	110,139	153,118	203,100	218,400	3958	→
Puerto Natales	City	XII	15,102	16,978	19,000	19,600	557	→
Puerto Varas	City	X	16,097	22,022	26,700	27,900	926	→
Punta Arenas	City	XII	109,110	116,005	125,800	126,400	3903	→
Quellón	City	X	7,545	13,656	18,256	19,700	0	→
Quillota	Aggl	V	113,308	128,874	150,700	157,300	1513	→
Quintero	City	V	16,119	18,719	23,400	25,100	1701	→
Rancagua	Aggl	VI	202,086	236,363	269,600	278,000	5036	→
Rengo	City	VI	23,896	30,891	36,200	37,700	928	→
San Antonio	Aggl	V	89,209	106,101	119,500	122,400	2102	→
San Carlos	City	VIII	25,640	29,359	30,900	31,300	906	→
San Felipe	Aggl	V	44,327	53,358	60,400	62,100	1811	→
San Fernando	City	VI	42,684	49,519	56,100	57,600	1237	→
San Javier	City	VII	16,450	20,524	22,100	22,300	742	→
Santa Cruz	Aggl	VI	17,414	20,691	23,600	24,300	826	→
Santiago (Santiago de Chile)	Aggl	RM	4,759,661	5,428,590	6,259,400	6,562,300	72700	→
San Vicente de Tagua Tagua	City	VI	13,843	18,914	21,700	22,300	1386	→
Talagante	City	RM	37,198	49,957	57,600	59,900	1068	→
Talca	City	VII	159,711	191,154	216,800	222,500	4717	→
Temuco	Aggl	IX	210,587	260,878	305,200	319,200	4610	→
Tocopilla	City	II	24,574	23,352	26,200	27,100	700	→
Tomé	City	VIII	37,394	41,198	43,500	43,700	1044	→
Valdivia	City	XIV	112,712	127,750	147,700	154,300	4239	→
Vallenar	City	III	42,725	43,750	47,300	48,200	1391	→
Valparaíso	Aggl	V	750,713	803,683	931,200	969,500	4733	→
Victoria	City	IX	21,549	23,977	25,000	24,900	754	→
Villarrica	City	IX	20,920	27,408	32,100	33,500	813	→

(1992) (2002) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas INE (web).
(2012) (2016) computed by »City Population« using estimations and projections of INE.